Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [be] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has both acquired computer maintenance firm , Barcelona-based Morsa Mantenimiento de Ordensdores SA , which turned over $2.7m in 1991 and was also part of the Auguas de Barcelona Group , and last year , set up a subsidiary in Portugal , which it called LUMA . |
| 2 | But in fact it did become partially filled with air and slowed his rate of descent so he lost touch with the cameraman who was free-falling and was quickly 1,000ft below him . |
| 3 | Mermaz , who had been president of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and was briefly Minister of Transport in 1988 , had been leader of the Socialist group in the Assembly since 1988 . |
| 4 | The original was acquired recently by sporting-trophies specialist John Bowles , who is trying to trace its origins : ‘ It was originally made in Birmingham in 1891 and was obviously part of a very important piece of cricketing silver , ’ says Bowles . |
| 5 | It will be over 23ins tall and be about 9ins in diameter ! |
| 6 | Even so-called " fact-finding " research is rarely , if ever , just that but is normally part of a wider enterprise into which the " facts " discovered in the research are fitted . |
| 7 | It was formed in 1981 and is now part of the new 101 ( London ) Engineer Regiment , the bomb disposal experts of the TA . |
| 8 | In other words , how do you distinguish between those changes in neural activity that reflect the coding of information in the brain and those that are merely signs of activity with no functional significance ? |
| 9 | Of smaller trees , almost 100% of the wet-season fruiters are animal-dispersed as are only 35% of the dry season ones , of which 21% are wind-dispersed . |
| 10 | Dr Pertwee , of Aberdeen University 's Department of Bio-Medical Sciences , has been studying cannabis since the late 1960s and is now secretary of the International Cannabis Research Society . |